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Problems and Solutions of The 16Th Ipho Portoro Z, Slovenia, (Former Yugoslavia), 1985
Problems and Solutions of The 16Th Ipho Portoro Z, Slovenia, (Former Yugoslavia), 1985
Contents
1 Problems 2
1.1 Theoretical competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Experimental competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Solutions 9
2.1 Theoretical competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2 Experimental competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1 Problems
Problem 1
A young radio amateur maintains a radio link with two girls living in two
towns. He positions an aerial array such that when the girl living in town
A receives a maximum signal, the girl living in town B receives no signal
and vice versa. The array is built from two vertical rod aerials transmitting
with equal intensities uniformly in all directions in the horizontal plane.
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Edited by B. Golli, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, and J. Stefan Insti-
tute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, e-mail:bojan.golli@ijs.si
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a) Find the parameters of the array, i. e. the distance between the rods,
its orientation and the phase shift between the electrical signals sup-
plied to the rods, such that the distance between the rods is mini-
mum.
b) Find the numerical solution if the boy has a radio station transmit-
ting at 27 MHz and builds up the aerial array at Portorož. Using the
map he has found that the angles between the north and the direc-
tion of A (Koper) and of B (small town of Buje in Istria) are 72◦ and
157◦ , respectively.
Problem 2
a) Determine what the magnitude and the direction of the electric field
in the bar is, to yield the current described above.
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Problem 3
b) Suppose that the probe has been launched in the direction deter-
mined in a) but with another velocity. Determine the velocity of the
probe when it crosses the orbit of Mars, i. e., its parallel and perpen-
dicular components with respect to this orbit. Mars is not near the
point of crossing, when crossing occurs.
c) Let the probe enter the gravitational field of Mars. Find the minimum
launching velocity from the Earth necessary for the probe to escape
from the Solar system.
Hint: From the result a) you know the optimal magnitude and the di-
rection of the velocity of the probe that is necessary to escape from
the Solar system after leaving the gravitational field of Mars. (You
do not have to worry about the precise position of Mars during the
encounter.) Find the relation between this velocity and the velocity
components before the probe enters the gravitational field of Mars;
i. e., the components you determined in b). What about the conser-
vation of energy of the probe?
Data: Velocity of the Earth round the Sun is 30 km/s, and the ratio of the
distances of the Earth and Mars from the Sun is 2/3.
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1.2 Experimental competition
Exercise A
Instrumentation
2. Induction sensor
Instruction
The induction sensor senses the iron pegs, mounted on the disk, when
they are closer than 0.5 mm and sends a signal to the stop-watch. The
stop-watch is programmed on a computer so that it registers the time
at which the sensor senses the approaching peg and stores it in mem-
ory. You run the stop-watch by giving it simple numerical commands,
i. e. pressing one of the following numbers:
5 – MEASURE.
The measurement does not start immediately. The stop-watch waits
until you specify the number of measurements, that is, the number
of successive detections of the pegs:
3 – 30 measurements
6 – 60 measurements
Either of these commands starts the measurement. When a mea-
surement is completed, the computer displays the results in graphic
form. The vertical axis represents the length of the interval between
detection of the pegs and the horizontal axis is the number of the
interval.
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7 – display results in numeric form.
The first column is the number of times a peg has passed the detec-
tor, the second is the time elapsed from the beginning of the mea-
surement and the third column is the length of the time interval
between the detection of the two pegs.
Exercise B
Instrumentation
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Fig. 1 Fig. 2
7. Ammeter
14. Ruler
15. Thread
Instructions
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This device is capable of responding to the magnetic field. The peak volt-
age is proportional to the change of the magnetic flux through the coil.
The variable stabilized power supply is switched ON (1) or OFF (0) by the
lower left pushbutton. By the (U) knob the output voltage is increased
through the clockwise rotation. The recommended voltage is 24 V. There-
fore switch the corresponding toggle switch to the 12 V – 25 V position.
With this instrument either the output voltage U or the output current I is
measured, with respect to the position of the corresponding toggle switch
(V,A). However, to get the output voltage the upper right switch should be
in the ’Vklop’ position. By the knob (I) the output current is limited bellow
the preset value. When rotated clockwise the power supply can provide
1.5 A at most.
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2 Solutions
Problem 1
2π a
sin ϑA − δ = 2π N
λ
and the condition for a minimum signal in direction ϑB :
2π a
sin ϑB − δ = 2π N 0 + π (2p.)
λ
where N and N 0 are arbitrary integers. In addition, ϑA − ϑB = ϕ, where
Fig. 4
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Using the sine addition theorem and the relation ϑB = ϑA − ϕ:
1 1 1
2a cos(ϑA − 2 ϕ) sin 2 ϕ = λ(N − N 0 − 2 )
or
λ(N − N 0 − 12 )
a= .
2 cos(ϑA − 12 ϕ) sin 2 ϕ
1
The minimum of a is obtained for the greatest possible value of the de-
nominator, i. e.:
cos(ϑA − 21 ϕ) = 1 , ϑA = 21 ϕ ,
and the minimum value of the numerator, i. e.:
N − N0 = 1 .
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Problem 2
I
I = jS = ne0 vbc, v= = 25 m/s .
ne0 bc
The components of the electric field are obtained from the electron veloc-
ity. The component in the direction of the current is
v
Ek = = 3.2 V/m . (0.5p.)
µ
while its direction is shown in Fig. 5 (Note that the electron velocity is in
the opposite direction with respect to the current.) (1.5 p.)
Fig. 5
UH = E⊥ b = 25 mV (1p.)
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c) The potential difference UH is now time dependent:
IBb I0 B0
UH = = sin ωt sin(ωt + δ) .
ne0 bc ne0 c
The DC component of UH is
I0 B0
UH = cos δ . (3p.)
2ne0 c
Fig. 6
(2 p.)
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Problem 3
a) The necessary condition for the space-probe to escape from the Solar
system is that the sum of its kinetic and potential energy in the Sun’s
gravitational field is larger than or equal to zero:
1 GmM
2
mva2 − ≥ 0,
RE
where m is the mass of the probe, va its velocity relative to the Sun, M
the mass of the Sun, RE the distance of the Earth from the Sun and G the
gravitational
p constant. Using the expression for the velocity of the Earth,
vE = GM/RE , we can eliminate G and M from the above condition:
2GM
va2 ≥ = 2vE2 . (1p.)
RE
Let va0 be the velocity of launching relative to the Earth and ϑ the angle
between v ~E and v~a0 (Fig. 7). Then from v ~a = v ~E and va2 = 2vE2 it
~a0 + v
Fig. 7
follows:
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va0 + 2va0 vE cos ϑ − vE2 = 0
and h p i
va0 = vE − cos ϑ + 1 + cos2 ϑ .
The minimum velocity is obtained for ϑ = 0:
p
va0 = vE ( 2 − 1) = 12.3 km/s . (1p.)
b) Let vb0 and vb be the velocities of launching the probe in the Earth’s and
Sun’s system of reference respectively. For the solution (a), vb = vb0 + vE .
From the conservation of angular momentum of the probe:
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and the conservation of energy:
1 GmM GmM
2
mvb2 − = 12 m(vk2 + v⊥2 ) − (1p.)
RE RM
vk = (vb0 + vE )k ,
where k = RE /RM .
Fig. 8
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the Mars’ system, equal to the velocity with which the probe leaves its
gravitational field. The components of the former velocity are v⊥00 = v⊥
and vk00 = vk − vM , hence:
r q
2 2
00
v = vk00 + v⊥00 = v⊥2 + (vk − vM )2 = vs00 . (1p.)
Using the expressions for v⊥ and vk from (b), we can now find the relation
0 00
√ launching velocity from the Earth, vb , and the velocity vs ,
between the
00
vs = vM ( 2 − 1):
p
(vb0 +vE )2 (1−k2 )−2vE2 (1−k)+(vb0 +vE )2 k2 −2vM (vb0 +vE )k = vM
2
(2−2 2) .
p √
The velocity of Mars round the Sun is vM = GM/RM = k vE , and the
equation for vb0 takes the form:
p 3 p
(vb0 + vE )2 − 2 k vE (vb0 + vE ) + (2 2 k − 2)vE2 = 0 . (1p.)
where Wa and Wb are the energies of launching in scheme (i) and in scheme
(ii), respectively. (1 p.)
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2.2 Experimental competition
Exercise A
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Fig. 10 Angular velocity vs. time
2π 2π
∆ωi = −
(t2i+3 − t2i+1 ) (t2i+1 − t2i−1 )
M(t) = Iα(t)
and
P (t) = M(t)ω(t)
where the moment of inertia, I = (14.0 ± 0.5) · 10−6 kgm2 , is given. The
corresponding angular velocity is determined from the plot in Fig. 10 by
interpolation. This plot is used also to find the torque and the power as
functions of angular velocity (Fig. 12 and 13).
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i t δt ϕ t0 ω α
ms ms rd ms s−1 s−2
1 0.0 0.0
272.0 5.78
2 543.9 543.9 3.14
758.7 7.31
3 973.5 429.6 6.28 3.38
1156.3 8.60
4 1339.0 365.5 9.42
1499.9 9.76
5 1660.8 327.8 12.57 5.04
1798.6 11.40
6 1936.3 275.5 15.71
2057.1 13.01
7 2177.8 241.5 18.85 5.96
2287.2 14.36
8 2396.6 218.8 21.99
2498.1 15.48
9 2599.6 203.0 25.73 9.40
2689.6 17.46
10 2779.5 179.9 28.27
2859.4 19.66
11 2939.3 159.8 31.42 18.22
3008.6 22.65
12 3078.0 138.7 34.56
3139.9 25.38
13 3201.8 123.8 37.70 25.46
3256.6 28.66
14 3311.4 109.6 40.84
3361.8 31.20
15 3472.1 100.7 43.98 26.89
3458.2 34.11
16 3504.2 92.1 47.12
3547.8 36.07
17 3591.3 87.1 50.27 21.72
3632.4 38.27
18 3673.4 82.1 53.41
3713.5 39.22
19 3753.5 80.1 56.55 4.76
3792.8 39.97
20 3832.7 78.6 59.69
3872.4 39.03
21 3912.6 80.5 62.83 −1.69
3952.7 39.22
22 3992.7 80.1 65.97
4032.8 39.22
23 4072.8 80.1 69.12 0.77
4112.4 39.67
24 4152.0 79.2 72.26
4192.3 39.03
25 4232.5 80.5 75.40 −0.15
4272.4 39.42
26 4312.3 79.7 78.54
Table 1
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Fig. 11 Angular acceleration vs. time
Fig. 12 Net torque (full line) and total torque (dashed line) vs.
angular velocity
To find the total torque and the power of the motor, the torque and the
power losses due to the friction forces have to be determined and added
to the corresponding values of net torque and power. By measuring the
angular velocity during the deceleration of the disk after the motor has
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been switched off (Fig. 14), we can determine the torque of friction which
is approximately constant and is equal to M 0 = (3.1 ± 0.3) · 10−5 Nm.
Fig. 13 Net power (full line), power loses (dashed and dotted line)
and total power (dashed line) vs. angular velocity
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The total torque and the total power are shown in Fig. 12 and 13.
Marking scheme
a) Determination of errors 1 p.
e) Plot of net torque vs. angular velocity 2 p. (Plot of torque vs. time
only, 1 p.)
g) Determination of friction 1 p.
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Exercise B
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However, by inspecting the situation on the other side of the block, again
an attractive force in area P’ is found, and a repulsive one in area R’. This
is in the contradiction with the supposed magnets layout in Fig. 16 but
corresponds to the force distribution of magnet B in Fig. 15.
To determine the z position of the hidden magnets one has to measure
the z component of B ~ on the surface of the block and compare it to the
measurement of Bz of the extra magnet as a function of distance from
its center (Fig. 18). To achieve this the induction coil of the measuring
system is removed from the point in which the magnetic field is measured
to a distance in which the magnetic field is practically zero, and the peak
voltage is measured.
In order to make the absolute calibration of the measuring system, the
response of the system to the known magnetic field should be measured.
The best defined magnetic field is produced in the gap between two field
generating coils. The experimental layout is displayed in Fig. 17.
The magnetic induction in the gap between the field generating coils is
calculated using the formula:
µO NI
B= .
(2l + d)
Here N is the number of the turns of one of the coils, l its length , d
the width of the gap, and I the current through the ammeter. The peak
voltage, U, is measured when the induction coil is removed from the gap.
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Plotting the magnetic induction B as a function of peak voltage, we can
determine the sensitivity of our measuring system:
B
= 0.020 T/V .
U
(More precise calculation of the magnetic field in the gap, which is beyond
the scope of the exercise, shows that the true value is only 60 % of the
value calculated above.)
The greatest value of B is 0.21 T.
Marking scheme:
d) calibration (±50 %) 3 p.
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Fig. 19 Distribution of marks for the theoretical (1,2,3) and the
experimental exercises. The highest mark for each exer-
cise is 10 points.
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